An optical fiber, or optical fibre, is a flexible glass or plastic fiber that can transmit light from one end to the other. Such fibers find wide usage... 94 KB (11,524 words) - 17:40, 14 April 2024 |
A fiber-optic cable, also known as an optical-fiber cable, is an assembly similar to an electrical cable but containing one or more optical fibers that... 33 KB (3,215 words) - 02:14, 29 April 2024 |
or visible light through an optical fiber. The light is a form of carrier wave that is modulated to carry information. Fiber is preferred over electrical... 73 KB (7,564 words) - 19:47, 25 April 2024 |
An optical fiber connector is a device used to link optical fibers, facilitating the efficient transmission of light signals. An optical fiber connector... 28 KB (2,557 words) - 04:48, 9 April 2024 |
In fiber-optic communication, a single-mode optical fiber (SMF), also known as fundamental- or mono-mode, is an optical fiber designed to carry only a... 14 KB (1,704 words) - 22:13, 25 April 2024 |
A fiber laser (or fibre laser in Commonwealth English) is a laser in which the active gain medium is an optical fiber doped with rare-earth elements such... 24 KB (2,843 words) - 14:26, 2 November 2023 |
conventional optical fiber is the part of the fiber that guides the light. It is a cylinder of glass or plastic that runs along the fiber's length. The... 3 KB (316 words) - 23:24, 28 November 2021 |
Fiber to the x (FTTX; also spelled "fibre") or fiber in the loop is a generic term for any broadband network architecture using optical fiber to provide... 42 KB (4,908 words) - 15:33, 28 April 2024 |
A fiber-optic sensor is a sensor that uses optical fiber either as the sensing element ("intrinsic sensors"), or as a means of relaying signals from a... 19 KB (2,208 words) - 21:58, 13 August 2023 |
A passive optical network (PON) is a fiber-optic telecommunications technology for delivering broadband network access to end-customers. Its architecture... 42 KB (5,533 words) - 15:43, 25 April 2024 |
When optical fibers are exposed to ionizing radiation such as energetic electrons, protons, neutrons, X-rays, Ƴ-radiation, etc., they undergo 'damage'... 8 KB (953 words) - 14:50, 14 April 2024 |
Numerical aperture (redirect from Numerical aperture (optical fiber)) multi-mode optical fiber will only propagate light that enters the fiber within a certain range of angles, known as the acceptance cone of the fiber. The half-angle... 16 KB (2,252 words) - 00:21, 27 April 2024 |
Photonic-crystal fiber (PCF) is a class of optical fiber based on the properties of photonic crystals. It was first explored in 1996 at University of... 13 KB (1,684 words) - 01:11, 30 March 2024 |
Transverse mode (redirect from Fiber mode) confined to a waveguide, and also in light waves in an optical fiber and in a laser's optical resonator. Transverse modes occur because of boundary conditions... 12 KB (1,717 words) - 23:22, 19 February 2024 |
Hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC) is a broadband telecommunications network that combines optical fiber and coaxial cable. It has been commonly employed globally... 42 KB (4,818 words) - 22:40, 22 April 2024 |
In fiber optics, polarization-maintaining optical fiber (PMF or PM fiber) is a single-mode optical fiber in which linearly polarized light, if properly... 7 KB (983 words) - 14:43, 6 August 2023 |
Cladding in optical fibers is one or more layers of materials of lower refractive index in intimate contact with a core material of higher refractive index... 7 KB (888 words) - 08:58, 26 May 2023 |
An optical time-domain reflectometer (OTDR) is an optoelectronic instrument used to characterize an optical fiber. It is the optical equivalent of an... 10 KB (1,502 words) - 10:21, 15 February 2024 |
Transmission medium (section Optical fiber) waves. Thus, an optical fiber or a copper cable is used as transmission media. Electromagnetic radiation can be transmitted through an optical medium, such... 19 KB (2,284 words) - 16:06, 11 April 2024 |
An optical ground wire (also known as an OPGW or, in the IEEE standard, an optical fiber composite overhead ground wire) is a type of cable that is used... 9 KB (1,198 words) - 18:11, 1 December 2023 |
Light tube (redirect from Optical fiber light tube) capture moonlight at night. Optical fibers can also be used for daylighting. A solar lighting system based on plastic optical fibers was in development at Oak... 35 KB (3,393 words) - 02:55, 14 March 2024 |
Optical fiber, nonconductive, riser (OFNR) is a type of optical fiber cable. As designated by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), this name... 1 KB (162 words) - 23:29, 22 December 2023 |